Chapter 27: TALON

"Wake up sweetheart we're here." I kissed her hair as she came out of her nap. She'd slept for the last two hours of the flight while I spent my time either reading or watching her. Sometimes it hit me out of nowhere that this amazing creature was really mine.

That I'd been lucky enough to find someone who could make me feel. I had all but despaired of that ever happening. Growing up around the love between my parents and grandparents and later seeing my brother find his own forever, I'd secretly believed that the family legend had skipped one after all. I just never found that burning desire with anyone else, until now.

"Hmmmmmm?" She started to wake up. I'd opted to use the family plane after all because dealing with holiday travelers did not seem appealing at all, besides we got here faster.

She was so cute when she first woke up, like a little kitten all cuddly and sweet. I held her as she went through her routine of eye rubbing, yawn, snuggle into my chest